Indian Navy successfully tests fires maiden AntiShip missile from 1st of Kalvari class submarines

Indian Navy successfully conducts maiden firing of an AntiShip missile from 1st of Kalvari class submarines, during test firing in the Arabian Sea on Thursday.

The missile has successfully hit a surface target at extended ranges during the trial firing which was held on Thursday morning.

On Wednesday, Defence Research and Development Organisation successfully test-fires indigenously developed supersonic Interceptor Missile from Abdul Kalam Island off Odisha coast.

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This the second time that the missile has been test-fired in less than a month and is part of an effort to put in place a multi-layer missile defence system.

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